Child
Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986 was the culmination of effort
and ideas that emerged from the deliberations and recommendations of various
committees on child labour. Significant among them are the National Commission
on Labour (1966-69), Gurupadaswamy Committee on Child Labour (1979). Sanat Mehta
Committee (1984) and others.

The
basic objective of the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act 1986, is
to ban employment of children below the age of 14 years in factories, mines and
hazardous employment's and to regulate the working conditions of children in
other employment's.

The Act:

Bans
the employment of children, i.e. those who have not completed their 14th
year, in specified occupations and process;

Regulates
the working conditions of children in occupations where they are not prohibited
from working;

Lays
down penalties for employment of children in violation of the provisions of this
Act, and these Acts which forbid the employment of children;

Brings
out uniformly in the definition of "Child " in related laws.

The
Act prohibits employment of children below 14 years of age in occupations
and
processes listed in Part A and B of the Schedule to the Act. Through a
Notification dated 26.5.1993, the working conditions of children have been
regulated in all employments, which are not prohibited under the Child Labour
(Prohibition & Regulation) Act 1986. Through a Notification dated 27.1.1999
the Schedule has been modified by adding six more occupations and 33 processes,
thereby bringing the total to 13 occupations and 51 processes respectively.

Section
5 of the child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act 1986, provides for the
constitution of a child labour Technical Advisory Committee to advise the
Central Government for the purpose of addition of occupations and processes to
the schedule of the Act.

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The list of 13 occupations and 51 processes that have been prohibited under
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30)Manufacturing processes having exposure to lead such as primary and
secondary smelling, welding and cutting of lead-painted metal constructions,
welding of galvanized or zinc silicate, polyvinyl chloride, mixing(by hand) of
crystal glass mass, sanding or scrapping of lead paint, burning of lead mining,
plumbing cable making, wire patenting lead casting type founding in printing
shops. Store type setting, assembling of cars, shot making and lead glass
blowing.

31)Manufacture of cement pipes, cement products and otherrelated work

32)Manufacture of glass, glassware including bangles, florescent tubes,
bulbs and other similar glass products